The Framers Forum

we would like to invest in a double mitre saw but we don't have space for that AND our trusty Morso. We are led to believe that you cannot get a good clean cut on thin mouldings like 12mm wide stuff on a double mitre saw so we would have to have a Morso to cut these. Has anybody got some experience in this area?

We use a Cassese 969 and on most of the mouldings we use its perfect- we have issuses with tall (20mm high) thin mouldings (12mm wide) as clamping is tricky but we cut 12mm cushes fine-

We still use a morso for mount slips and the other small, tricky mouldings

I have a 939, running with a 3099 underpinner, two of the best things I ever bought. Good clean accurate cuts every time. They are also fast about 60 frames an hour. The 3 phase are supposedly better than single phase but I don't know why.

The only downside is they demand a lot of air which I would recommend a hydrovane and they will need a fairly decent dust extractor.

Casesse machines are easy to use ( I trained my 74 year old dad in 5 minutes) and safe, the machine cannot be operated without using two hands to initiate the cut.

With regards to mouldings I cut small 12mm and tall narrow without much bother as well as 1000+mm mouldings no bother. The only thing I use the morso for is mount slips.

One other point regarding getting rid of the morso is that this machines and pneumatic underpinners are reliant on a compressor and if that fails you are stuck. Also if anything goes wrong you need an engineer so you can be days without a machine. I lost a week to my 3 phase power supply blowing my compressor motor and have had to wait a few days for an engineer to fix saws and underpinners. Not saying that they break down a lot but if they do then you can be stuck.

Try a real demo - with your own wood (or plastic) - contact Joe @ Simons or Gary @ Wessex - for some of the best advice around & then go & chop some yourself- it is the only way to choose!!!